Abrupt climate change : inevitable surprises /
The climate record for the past 100,000 years clearly indicates that the climate system has undergone periodic--and often extreme--shifts, sometimes in as little as a decade or less. The causes of abrupt climate changes have not been clearly established, but the triggering of events is likely to be...
Автор-организации: | National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Abrupt Climate Change. |
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Формат: | Електронна книга |
Език: | English |
Публикувано: |
Washington, D.C. :
National Academy Press,
2002.
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Abrupt climate change. |
Съдържание:
- INTRODUCTION TO ABRUPT CHANGES IN THE EARTH'S CLIMATE
- Definition of Abrupt Climate Change
- Scientific Evidence, Processes, and Consequences for Society and Ecosystems
- The Charge to the Committee
- EVIDENCE OF ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE
- Interpretation of Past Climatic Conditions from Proxy Records
- The Younger Dryas as an Example of Abrupt Climate Change
- Abrupt Climate Changes Before the Younger Dryas Event
- Eemian Rapid Climate Change
- Holocene Rapid Climate Change
- Rapid Climate Changes in the Instrumental Period
- Patterns of Climate Variability
- Trends Recorded Instrumentally
- Synopsis of Observations
- PROCESSES THAT CAUSE ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE
- An Overview of Mechanisms
- Atmosphere
- Abrupt Climate Change and Thermohaline Circulation
- GLOBAL WARMING AS A POSSIBLE TRIGGER FOR ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE
- Changes in North Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation
- Limited Predictability Close to an Instability
- Changes in Natural Modes of the Atmosphere-Ocean System
- Possible Future Abrupt Changes in the Hydrological Cycle
- Ice Sheet Changes
- Outlook
- ECONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE
- Recent Scientific Studies in the Ecological and Social Sciences
- Sectoral Approaches
- Modeling the Impacts of Climate Change
- FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- Improve the Fundamental Knowledge Base Related to Abrupt Climate Change
- Improve Modeling Focused on Abrupt Climate Change
- Improve Paleoclimatic Data Related to Abrupt Climate Change
- Improve Statistical Approaches
- Investigate "No-Regrets" Strategies to Reduce Vulnerability
- Final Thoughts.